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Posted by Pete Wilson
Pete Wilson
1,238 Points

after sending the test email I get a message in WordPress saying SMTP connect failed

SMTP connect failed message in wordpress

1 Answer

Mark Truitt
Mark Truitt
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Mark Truitt
Mark Truitt
17,230 Points

Hi Pete,

What service did you use for the SMTP Plugin? All this goes is use a external service to send the email. As well, how are you locally setup?